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The Dean is a river all by it's self in terms of licensing. There are Class 1 and Class 2 sections plus there is a draw to get to fish it depending on if you're Canadian or not.

Per day, I just voted again from this same IP.

I hate to tell you this, but you ain't gonna do it cheap!!!!! You may be able to get there cheap and find accomodations and food at reasonable prices, but licensing will kill you in BC. You need 1/ fishing licens 2/ steelhead stamp 3/ classified waters license. The classified waters fees are $20/ day for class 2 rated waters and $40/day for class 1 waters. You have to purchase your classified waters license for the river you are going to fish on the day you want to fish it. If you purchase a class 1 license for the MORICE RIVER say for October 21 and it blows out, well you either fish mud or find another river to fish that isn't blown and pay for it. I'm eventually going to fish BC but it will most likely be when I retire and move there. Residents pay $10 for the whole year to fish classified waters. There are 52 classified steelhead rivers in BC (the best ones) so there are non-classified waters you can fish, but if I'm going to BC to fish chrome I want to fish the best rivers, don't you?

The best material is UHMW Polyethylene. The UHMW stands for Ultra High Molecular Weight. It is very wear resistant and slippery. Here's a couple of sites located in Ontario The first is in TO the second in Hamilton. Johnston Plastics P&A Plastics

Done Deal!!

Paint, Nail Polish, Hot Melt Glue, Water based clear coat, you name it I've tried it. They even make a product called Softex that you can coat with after painting to protect your finish and make the bead feel softer to the fish. I'll post more info on it when I get home, as it is impossible to find anything online. I brought home a jar of the stuff to try out.

You could whip up a temporary one like this guy in town here does every winter.

Me too, that's why I moved to Yellowknife!!!!!! I'm the IT Manager at the college here. My commute went from 2 hours+ each way to 6 minutes. The Rush Minute was brutal this morning, Total Grid Lock!!!! Took me nearly 8 minutes to get to work!!!! Plus I have 1,000,000 lakes I can fish. The ice fishing season ROCKS!!!!

The reason they are doing this is to try and equal out traffic. Traffic such as that of peer to peer file sharing (ie. Limewire) can use up a large chunk of bandwidth. If this happens it negatively impacts other traffic such as video and audio streaming, but more importantly VOIP. VOIP is very sensitve to bandwidth congestion. I ran an internet service in Fort Smith, NWT for a while and had 2 bandwidth sources. I used bandwidth shaping to send all the peer to peer traffic to one source while using the other source for all other traffic. It worked well and there were less complaints about sluggish internet performance.

You don't want to sleep outside in Alaska or any other area that is highly populated with bears or you will become dinner!!!!!! I had a large grizz outside my tent on my latest trip. It is really spooky knowing you are 2 feet away from something that could kill you faster than an LA Gang member!!!!

Yep, they be dumb but pretty tasty. They are very similar to Ptarmigan in texture and taste. I don't mind the flavour at all. Stuff them with onions and garlic and bake. MMMMMMMMMMMMMM The chicken finger thing sounds good too. They are quite a bit bigger than ruffies too.

I believe it was on the Documentary channel. I haven't been able to find the name of the film, but here are a couple of links dealing with the problem. Article1 Arcticle 2

Ryan This guy has built the most innovative home made ice shelter I've seen. Shanty Part 1 Shanty Part 2

When I go to Alaska in the fall I sleep in the truck en route and tent it when I get there. I'm looking at buying a travel trailer now as it;s kind of cramped with the dog. Plus I'm getting tired of sleeping on the ground. I don't know what you have for a vehicle, but if you have a pickup you can get a camper to go in the back of the trick and then you have your accomodations with you.

Can't tell you about the fishing, but I did see a apecial on TV about the health of people living in Windsor last weekend. It dealt with the polution from all the chemical, auto and manufacturing plants in Windsor and Detroit. It specifically dealt with children and all the contaminants in their blood and bodies due to enviromental issues. It also dealt with the high rate of athsma, birth defects and cancer in the area. If you're old with no kids I wouldn't worry but if you are young and plan on living to a ripe old age, I would avoid the area like the plague. The documentary I watched was pretty scary. Just my .02

I'm telling you it's El Chupacabra!!!!! Chupacabra

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm, pretty tough with the crappy lighting. But this is what it looks like after a little enhancement. El Chupa Cabra maybe?

Yes I do Bill. You can never have too many beads.

Yep!!! You gots to have the right bead or you might be the one catchin' nothing. We get quite technical with our beads including hand painting, hand made clay beads etc. They work well for steelhead too!!! You're matching the hatch so to speak. About 95% of my trouting in Alaska is done with beads. I have a good selection.

Definately the way to go. If this route falls through put up a deer stand on the edge of the property and when the developer comes to check on his devastation put a 270 round through his forehead!!!!! Problem Solved!!!!!

If you are going to work there look at South East Mississauga. Your commute will be short, there are some nice quiet, old neighbourhoods and it's close to the QEW, but most important is it's close to the launch ramps at Lake Front Promenade Park on Lake Ontario. I lived by Dixie Mall for 15 years and it was a nice area.

DON'T DO IT!!!!!!! I commuted from the Orangeville area to TO, Mississauga and Markham areas for 10 years, what a PIA!!! Commute times were anywhere from 2 hours to 4 1/2 hours each way, every day!!!! You end up spending 20 hours plus in traffic each week!!!!!!! When I felt that I was going to go on a shooting spree on the highway, I moved to Yellowknife!!!! All is good now, Great Job, Awesome fishing seconds from home and an 8 minute commute!!!!!! Working in Toronto SUCKS, unless you live there, Commuting for hours when you should be with your family SUCKS!!!!!!

Hard to say Roy as they are still a swimmin'. Most likely they are though as the red meat lakers up here usually have red fins. Sorry about the quality of the image, but this is the only redfin pic I could find.

HMMMMMM, maybe I'll just stick to GIANT GREYS then Mikey!!!!!!

Those tunnels look familiar to me too. Hopefully the weather will co-operate and I will be able to smoke a few chromers when I come back East at Christmas. It's been over 2 weeks since my last chromer and I'm jonesing already!!!